BROWNS NOTES: Shurmur irked by Massaquoi's tweets

BEREA -- Coach Pat Shurmur is not pleased with Mohamed Massaquoi, and his consternation has nothing to do with anything the fourth-year wide receiver did on the football field.

Shurmur is upset because of a tweet sent out Friday night by Massaquoi. The Browns head coach is not a fan of social media.

Massaquoi was knocked out of the preseason opener on the first play of the game. On the sideline the Browns doctors determined he suffered a concussion, ending his night less than a minute after it began, although in the press box the announcement only said Massaquoi had a head injury.

Shurmur announced in his post-game press conference that Massaquoi suffered a concussion and that the Browns were following league protocol.

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On his own Twitter account, though, Massaquoi responded to a tweet asking him about a concussion and tweeted: "No! Precautionary! Can't wait to get back to work!"

It is unclear what came first -- Shurmur's announcement or Massaquoi's tweet. Shurmur doesn't really care which came first.

"You know how I feel about tweets and twitters, number one," Shurmur said after practice Sunday. "I told you what happened and that's what happened, so I don't know. I only hear what gets tweeted, but he had a concussion and we're treating it as such."

Shurmur cannot ban his players from using Twitter and Facebook and other social media, but he probably would if he could.

"I don't like them; that's my policy," he said. "I encourage them not to and I think it's important that they don't. I don't think you can totally harness social media. I've come to that realization, but what I can do is encourage and inspire them to be very professional and not talk about Browns business. That's just my feeling on it. That's a big thing to harness, social media."

The Browns are being extra cautious with Massaquoi because he suffered a concussion in 2010 and one last season.

Fujita and Benjamin seemed fine after playing the Lions. Shurmur would only say they were "sore" from the game. Jackson reportedly has a shoulder injury.

Dress rehearsal

Normally the starters play the longest in the third preseason game, but Shurmur will treat Thursday night in Green Bay as the dress rehearsal because the Browns play the Eagles in the third game and two weeks later open the season against Philadelphia.

"The guys that line up as our ones will play half the game this week and that's typical of what happens in most of the third games," Shurmur said.

Linebacker shakeup

The injuries to Gocong, Fujita and Jackson forced Shurmur to shake up his linebackers at practice. James-Michael Johnson was in the middle with Kaluka Maiava and L.J. Fort on the outside with the first-team defense.